# All eyes are on Washington, DC, today as president Cyril Ramaphosa meets his US counterpart, Donald Trump, at the White House. The meeting is set to begin at 5.30 this afternoon and includes a working lunch and bilateral talks. Ramaphosa is accompanied by key ministers Ronald Lamola, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Parks Tau, and John Steenhuisen, […]
# Labour and community organisations under the banner People Against Budget Cuts have criticised ongoing austerity measures, warning they deepen inequality and harm vulnerable communities. The coalition aims to mobilise public opposition to the government’s fiscal policies. Addressing the media in Cape Town, Reverend Allan Boesak called for urgent economic reforms to protect social services […]
# The Black Business Council has cautioned against altering South Africa’s transformation laws to accommodate Elon Musk’s Starlink. Reports indicate that government may offer Starlink a workaround to the 30-percent black ownership requirement under Black Economic Empowerment policies. The Communications Department has proposed an equity equivalence model, allowing investments in infrastructure instead of direct ownership. […]
# Teachers’ union SADTU will today join civil rights groups outside the Constitutional Court to support the Copyright Amendment Bill. SADTU says the bill promotes inclusive, quality, and decolonised education by allowing fair use of learning materials. They are backing Blind SA, ReCreate SA, SECTION27 and the South African Guild of Actors. The union’s Nomusa […]
# The Minerals Council South Africa welcomes the launch of the critical minerals’ strategy and the new Mineral Resources Development Bill by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. The council’s Allan Seccombe said these documents come at an important time to boost the mining industry’s role in economic growth and the energy transition. Seccombe […]
# Transnet Hawe-terminale sê daar is ‘n toename van 21-persent in sitrusuitvoervolumes vir April teenoor April verlede jaar. Transnet het 256 bykomende personeel aangestel om die groei te behartig en 100 nuwe masjiene aangeskaf. Die Sitruskwekersvereniging voorspel ‘n styging van 3,6-persent in totale sitrusuitvoere vanjaar, ten spyte van moontlike Amerikaanse tariefverhogings in Julie. Transnet Hawe-terminale […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof van AgriSA, Johann Kotzé, beklemtoon die belangrikheid van gebalanseerde handelsbande tussen Suid-Afrika en die Verenigde State om die huidige spanning te verlig. Kotzé het ná ‘n sake-afvaardiging se besoek aan Washington, kommer uitgelig oor die onlangse Amerikaanse tariewe van 30-persent op uitvoere, insluitend sitrus en makadamianeute. Hy het in gesprek met […]
# AfriForum het ‘n hofsaak in die Noord-Gautengse Hooggeregshof aanhangig gemaak om die Wet op Onteiening, Wet 13 van 2024, ongrondwetlik te verklaar. Hy voer aan die wet bedreig private eiendomsreg wat onteiening sonder vergoeding toelaat. AfriForum waarsku dit kan lei tot misbruik deur owerhede wat swak bestuur word. Woordvoerder Ernst van Zyl sê AfriForum […]
# Transnet Port Terminals has reported a 21-percent year-on-year increase in citrus export volumes handled in April compared to last-year. Transnet Port Terminals has hired 256 additional staff to support growth, and acquired 100 new pieces of equipment. The Citrus Growers Association forecasts a 3.6-percent rise in total citrus exports this year, despite potential US […]
